Are the poor less well insured? Evidence on vulnerability to income risk in rural China

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-81

  Jalan, Jyotsna ^a   Ravallion, Martin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Poverty; Risk; Rural China

Indexed keywords

INCOME; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL ECONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0033498676     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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